Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

"Even if you feel it's very unlikely, it's madness not to consider it and plan accordingly." The post Former Banking Insider ...

Musk compared consciousness to a candle in a “vast darkness" during remarks about aliens at the World Economic Forum in Davos ...

Some solar flares can result in coronal mass ejections (CMEs) – huge plumes of plasma blown off the sun's corona and into deep space. If their trajectory away from the sun inter ...

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential for life as we know it can form readily in space. This discovery, ...

Some people consider the unexplained Wow! signal as proof of extraterrestrial life. Although this strong multi-band signal from outer space occurred decades ago, there still isn't a commonly accepted ...

The sheer scale of Carrazco-Gaxiola’s survey, titled “An All-Sky Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of More Than 2,100 K Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs Using High-Resolution Spectra,” is what sets it apart.

"Our results show that a 13-atom molecule structurally similar to those in comets already exists in a young, starless ...

Deep in the dark spaces between stars, astronomers have spotted a sulfur-bearing ring that should not be there, at least not ...

New Board Member: alliant CEO Dhaval Jadav joins the SETI Institute Board of Directors, bringing passion for space science ...